Steve Haines

Steve Haines (1975-2013) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and TV personality who was the host of the reality television series "The Underbelly of Paradise" from 2008 until his death in 2013. Haines was the supervisor of the FBI in Los Angeles and had his own team, but was infamously corrupt and was friends with billionaire Devin Weston, who was known for illegally stealing cars. Haines was murdered in 2013.

Biography
Steven Haines was born to an Irish-American family in Los Angeles in 1975, and he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1993. Highly-decorated for his wars against organized crime, he became a senior member of the bureau and was made the handler and boss of his own team of FBI agents. In 2008, Haines became famous with his reality television show "The Underbelly of Paradise", in which he showed viewers the seedy side of Los Angeles. His work involved taking videos of gang violence or activities, and he exposed many people to the dangers of living in not only Los Angeles County, but also nearby Blaine County.

A famous man due to his popular show, Haines was also notorious for his corruption, as he worked with eccentric billionaire Devin Weston, who planned to steal luxury cars and sell them to high-ranking Chinese government officials. Haines was also a man who used illegal methods to secure funding for the FBI, such as stealing money from the CIA and preventing a fund-stealing plot by the CIA from occurring via a staged chemical attack.

In September of 2013, Haines was responsible for the 2013 FBI Headquarters bombing which killed several people and destroyed the FBI database. Haines cleared the information that the FBI had been gathering to incarcerate him with, and Haines was officially innocent of all charges. However, he had been using criminals Michael de Santa, Franklin Clinton, and Trevor Phillips to do these odd jobs with the threat of putting them in prison, and when he told Franklin Clinton that he had to kill De Santa to tie up loose ends, the three conspired to kill him.

Death
Shortly after meeting Clinton at his house, he headed over to the boardwalk at Venice Beach, where he was to film a new episode of the "Underbelly of Paradise" while aboard a Ferris Wheel. Phillips, equipped with a sniper rifle, headed to the boardwalk and was able to fix a target on Haines' head, while he was in one of the Ferris Wheel carriages. Phillips' shot hit the cameraman in the back and hit Haines in the neck, killing both of them instantly. Phillips escaped from the boardwalk after a shootout with the FBI and LAPD guards, and made off to kill Devin Weston as well.